Organizer: North East Centre for Research and Development (NECRD)

Venue:  NEDFi House
               Guwahati   

Objective

• Promote Sustainability as the primary tool for Human Development in creating a planetary social order based on equity, justice and universalism.
• Examine Sustainability as an inclusive concept in our day-to-day practices and disseminate the view that global issues of climate change, species depletion, bio-diversity loss, toxicity and its impact on health are in reality choices made by individuals.
• Explore the possibility of creating a global think-tank by creating a common platform for dialogue, exchange and collaboration between like-minded partners and affiliates with globally diverse experiences and expertise to channelize the global paradigm shift that defines prosperity, growth and business competitiveness within the realms of our biophysical constraints.
• Identifying areas of active interventions and locally implementable policies to collaborate on workable projects in North East India.
• Promote interdisciplinary exchange in debates of Natural Science, Social Science, Humanities, Technology and Business about sustainable way of life on earth.
• Explore the possibility of forming a Consortium ‘Global Initiative for Sustainable Development and Planning’ (GISDP) in order to exchange information, knowledge and expertise for implementable projects in North East India that can address challenges of Human Development such as poverty, conflict, population explosion, environmental degradation, etc.

Themes

• De-constructing Sustainability: Envisioning a human culture of sustainable values
• Technology mediated consciousness as a driver for global sustainability
• Sustainability and Indigenous Knowledge: Indigenous Technology, Livelihood Options, Habitat utilization, etc.
• The ‘New Industrial Revolution’: Waste Management, Renewable Sources of Energy, Toxicity and Locomotive substitution
• Sustainability, Profitability and Corporate Competitiveness in Business
• Sustainability and Governance: Public Policy and Democratic Justice
• Sustainability and North East India: Balancing Trium of Environment, Society, and Economy
• Resource Mapping of North East India: Case Studies and New Initiatives

Contact details
North East Centre for Research and Development
Six Mile, Near Fly Over
Guwahati-781022
Phone: 0361-2335451
E-mail : sujata@necrdignou.org/sujata@ignou.ac.in/anil@necrdignou.org
Website: www.necrdignou.org